The princess and the P.....

The Princess......

Sleeping Beauty of course

and the P.....

 Peacock that is.  Do you know how hard it was to capture her being still?  Very Hard.

Love that we live in a small town.  

We strolled over to join in on the neighborhood parade.

Our Crew:

Mary Stewart & Anna Caroline

Hank & Virginia- Mickey & Minnie

Durham & Caroline:  Capt. America & Baby Pumpkin

Karter: Sweet Giraffe

Minnie & Sleeping Beauty enjoyed one anothers company for the parade.

The peacock was quite surprisingly content laid back
 in the wagon.

Lily Kate, Virginia, Mary Stewart

After the parade we headed back home to do a little trick or treating

Captain America showed up to save the day too!

The peacock was right at home, perched in her favorite nest!

& on that note, Shake Your Tail Feather!!!!

Let's Back Up

As I was uploading pictures on my computer I realized I never shared my precious flower or ballerina with you! Halloween was pretty low key this year.

(5 months old)

(2 years 1 month)

Our neighborhood has a great little Halloween Parade. We walked over to the parade with Emily & Durham and Shelley & Karter. Mary Stewart enjoyed looking at the costumes and then we enjoyed pizza and called it a night. I think next year she and her daddy will be ready to trick or treat!

Hippity Hoppity Halloween

Hippity Hoppity Halloween!

This Halloween was so much fun! We spent the weekend with our good friends Ben & Mary Catherine & their sweet daughter Charlotte (who is exactly 3 weeks younger than MS) on their families farm. Farm is an understatement, more like an estate. Maybe Matthew will be a guest blogger about "The Farm." He captured some great shots & I think somewhere there may be video..... something the boys enjoyed capturing Saturday evening.

Back to Halloween. On Saturday evening Mary Catherine and I dressed the girls up and took them into the nearby town for trick or treating. The downtown merchants all stood outside to hand out candy. I must say the girls were precious. They insisted on walking and couldn't wait to grab out of the buckets. Of course Mary Catherine & I were happy to help them eat their candy! Mary Stewart enjoyed her first tootsie roll pop! I was so surprised to see her make it down to the tootsie roll. How many licks does it take?

Sunday we headed back home to Marietta and participated in our neighborhood events. We walked over to a parade with some new friends (so wish I had pictures: the cutest pig and puppy you have ever seen!). Mary Stewart took it all in.... I loved seeing all the sweet neighborhood kids and some of my old students.

Then we quickly jumped in the car and headed a few blocks over so Mary Stewart could join up with her twinkie! My friend Erin picked up matching costumes for Mary Stewart & Helen. They were the most adorable pair of bunnies. Erin gave them pink noses and whiskers too!

By this point Mary Stewart was starting to wear out, but like all good rabbits she nibbled on her carrot. All in all it was a fun Halloween weekend with lots of sweet memories!

Mary Stewart's twin, Helen!

"The Zoo"- Andrew, the zoo keeper; Evan, the ferocious tiger & the bunnies!